governance

Trustees

The board of Trustees is the major decision-making body of the Science Media Centre and meets at least three times a year. Trustees are distinguished in the fields of science, engineering, medicine, journalism, communications, finance, law and policy.

Jonathan Baker (Chair)Professor of Journalism, University of Essex, (ex-Head of Newsgathering, BBC)

Advisory Committee

The Trustees are guided by a voluntary group of advisors from the fields of science, engineering, medicine, journalism and communications, who provide expertise and advice, and also meet three times a year.

Prof. Susan JebbProfessor of Diet and Population Health, University of Oxford

Steve BatesChief Executive, BioIndustry Association

Seil CollinsHead of Media & Communications, The Lancet journals

Prof. Kevin McConwayEmeritus Professor of Applied Statistics, The Open University

Dariel Burdass
Chief Executive of The Physiological Society

Luke BlairVice President Communications and Public Affairs, Imperial College London